Seizures

No worries...Ralphie is fine.  He's not having seizures!!  Thank goodness!  The reason I'm blogging today about seizures is I'm just flabbergasted how many dogs have seizures these days.  We never heard about seizures years ago when I was a kid.  I don't remember my mom ever talking about her dogs having seizures. I wonder why?

Ollie has seizures, but very rarely and they seem to be mild.   He's not on any medication.  My past Vizsla, Jazz had seizures as well.  Again, they were mild.

But the real reason I'm writing about this is Ralphie's pug cousin, Leroy has been having extreme, strong, intense seizures.  He never had them before, but the last few days he has experienced multiple huge seizures!  It's so heartbreaking to see him go through this ordeal.  Just a forewarning, if you have a gut feeling your pet is having a seizure and your vet diagnosed something else...beware of that vet!  Leroy was taken into a vet after his first seizure which weakened his legs and disoriented him to an extreme and the doctor said it was hip joint problems...NOT!  If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it's a duck!  Needless to say, Leroy was taken home with the wrong meds and began having grand mal seizures one after another.  My daughter rushed him into an emergency vet on Sunday and he was given phenobarbital and stayed the night to be watched.  He came home on Monday morning with numerous meds to treat his seizures...to bring him back to the life he had.  It's going to take awhile for Leroy to bounce back to normal and has a long road ahead...right now he's blind, no strength in his legs, and very confused. 
But he WILL get through this with all our love...with all our caring.  Leroy...we love you TONS!

After Leroy's seizure...confused in a corner.

Leroy doesn't have control over his tongue after these seizures.

Confused and blind, Leroy sometimes get entangled in the wrong areas.